By Katie Thomas, David Gelles and Carl Zimmer (*) – The New York Times Pfizer announced positive early results from its coronavirus vaccine trial, cementing the lead in a frenzied global race that has unfolded at record-breaking speed. The drug maker Pfizer announced on Monday…
by DEVNET JAPAN Devnet International, NGO of United Nation ECOSOC, believes that the imbalance of human resources between developed and developing countries is causing big distortion in society. Japan, that has grown rapidly from a developing country to a developed country, and…
By Archie Bland* The Guardian President’s fixer, fireman and ‘first friend’ now looks to be heading for an end point On election night, as it started to become clear that the presidency was slipping away from Donald Trump, his son-in-law and senior aide Jared Kushner was looking…
By Hazel Henderson* – Ethical Markets Media Today the money meme rules our lives and social interactions in most societies on Earth. How did this happen?
By Hadley Freeman* – The Guardian The US election shows many Americans believe the president reflects their own needs and desires There are plenty of stories about how Donald Trump’s mind works. In 1990, the president of a well-known French retailer asked my father to help him…
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Nov 5 2020 (IPS) – When the United Nations was struggling to cope with a cash crisis back in April 1996, one of the many drastic measures it undertook was to cut down on its staff. So, it took the path of corporate America, and ironically, for a…
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures No matter who becomes America’s next president, certain things will follow. The world will wonder what President Donald Trump’s foreign policy will be in his second term, or it will wonder what President Joe Biden’s foreign policy will…
By Vijay Prashad* – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute On August 20, 2018, El Salvador’s leftist president Salvador Sánchez Cerén announced on national television that El Salvador would break its ties with Taiwan and recognize the People’s Republic…
By Bill McKibben * – The Guardian Time is running out to act on global heating. Electing Donald Trump the first time cost us dearly; a second term would be catastrophic All American elections determine the character of the country for the next four years. And they have a lot to…
By John Nichols* – The Nation Ending Donald Trump’s presidency isn’t enough. To govern decisively, Democrats must take the Senate.
